fógra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fócra, from Old Irish fócr(a)e,[1] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- + *(o)uxs- + *garyom (“word, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠoːɡɾˠə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠiːɡɾˠə/, (older) /ˈfˠɯːɡɾˠə/[3] (as if spelled faogra)

Noun

fógra m (genitive singular fógra, nominative plural fógraí)

  1. notice
  2. warning, summons
    Synonym: toghairm
  3. placard, sign
  4. proclamation
    Synonym: fógairt
  5. signal
    Synonym: comhartha

Declension

Declension of fógra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fógra fógraí
vocative a fhógra a fhógraí
genitive fógra fógraí
dative fógra fógraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fógra na fógraí
genitive an fhógra na bhfógraí
dative leis an bhfógra
don fhógra 		leis na fógraí

Derived terms

  • clár fógraí (“notice-board”)
  • dathadóir fógraí (“sign-painter”)
  • fógra cruinnithe (“notice of meeting”)
  • fógra dráma (“play-bill”)
  • fógra fágála (“notice to quit”)
  • fógra feabhsúcháin (“notice of improvement”)
  • fógra fordhearbhaithe (“notice of protest”)
  • fógra foriarratais (“notice of motion”)
  • fógra imeachta (“warning to leave”)
  • fógra inchiallaithe (“constructive notice”)
  • fógra obtha (“notice of dishonour”)
  • fógra poiblí (“public notice”)
  • fógra roimh ré (“prior notice”)
  • fógra scoir (“notice of discontinuance”)
  • fógra seachtaine (“week's notice”)
  • fógra siopa (“shop sign”)
  • fógra soilsithe (“illuminated sign”)
  • fógra spéire (“sky-sign”)
  • fógra tionóisce (“notice of accident”)
  • fógra tóra
  • fógra trialach (“notice of trial”)
  • fógrach (“proclaiming, announcing, warning, cautionary”)
  • fógraí
  • fógraí bóthair (“road warnings”)
  • fógraí pósta
  • fógraíocht (“advertising”)
  • fógrán
  • fógróir (“proclaimer, announcer; advertiser”)
  • forógra (“proclamation, decree; forewarning”)
  • gearrfhógra (“short notice”)
  • litritheoir fógraí
  • tabhair fógra (“to give notice”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fógra
radical lenition eclipsis
fógra fhógra bhfógra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fócra(e), fúacra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 310, page 109

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